25. November, 2002 - Almost Thanksgiving
- I checked my to-do list yesterday (actually the to-done list) on my hiptop, and I realized it's actually been a pretty productive month. Did the monthly updates on the MHNA page, added a list of neighborhood churches, moved the scripts to index Dave's Picks to the new server so searches would work again, ditto for the scripts to ping weblogs.com, fix a small bug in my includefile macro, update the key combinations page, install spamassassin and tweak it about a half-dozen times, get CVS up and running, put a new zip drive into my computer, hook up a WiFi base station (I'd recommend another brand if you're looking), write a news thingie from scratch (all of the existing ones had a lot more cruft than I wanted) and get it working on Kari's site so she can talk about her yule show for this year (Kari and Jim still need to hook it up and put up some actual news, but my part is pretty much done), upgrade my TiVo and add a Turbonet to it, investigate, ponder, discuss and decide not to spin Better Nerds out as a separate company, and try to get started the Christmas shopping before the stores become intolerable (too late—the Christmas decorations went up the day after Halloween). There's the regular paying work and the daily updates to Dave's Picks, plus the daily "get through life" chores like laundry, cleaning the house (there was enough of that after I got back from my vacation that it made the to-do list) and keeping myself fed. I don't wonder quite as much why I've felt really busy all month anymore. I was busy all month.
And now it's almost Thanksgiving, all the stores have their Christmas decorations up, and many have announced that they're going to be open Thanksgiving day (ugh! and double-ugh!), and I still need to shop for presents, put together the list of Christmas cards that I need to write and mail, write them and actually get 'em in the mail, plus a whole slew of other holiday-related things I probably haven't even thought of yet.
I'd like it to please just be January now. Please?
- In local news, Hunter who shot Browns Valley, Minn., horse is charged. Apparently the guy couldn't tell the difference between a deer and a white horse with a 12-year-old girl riding it. I'm not saying anyone should take away his guns, but the 89-year-old guy might want to think about curtailing his hunting habit until he gets his eyes examined. The followup is: Case of horse shot by hunter closes. [strib]
- Police say they've found hunter who shot trooper. Another hunter who probably needs to go through a firearms safety course, since he's obviously forgotten rule four of the four rules of firearm safety . [strib]
- Think you could run a country? Play NationStates for a while and find out.
- Maybe Biernat thinks he deserved the free plumbing, and that's why he's acting so unrepentant. [strib]
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Last updated on Mon, 25 Nov 2002 07:55:46.